Once the greatest nation on earth, Great Britain today is – like much of Europe – heading downhill big time. Back in its heyday it was both feared and respected. Today it is much more an object of scorn and derision.

When it was a superpower, it of course made mistakes and did some objectionable things, as do all superpowers. But on balance, it was a force for good in the world. But things have changed. National self-loathing, a rejection of its Christian heritage, and a stifling political correctness, coupled with a growing Islamic presence, have all contributed to the demise of Britain.

Many authors have chronicled this decline, including Melanie Phillips in her important work, Londonistan. There she documents the collapse of British self-confidence, and the rise of militant Islam. Another author concerned about the British decline is Dennis Prager. Writing in the April 10, 2007 townhall.com, he also laments the downward spiral:

“It is painful to see the decline of Great Britain. Greatness in individuals is rare; in countries it is almost unique. And Great Britain was great. It used to be said that ‘The sun never sets on the British empire.’ That is how vast Britain’s influence was. And that influence, on balance, was far more positive than negative.”

He continues, “The British colonies learned about individual rights, parliamentary government, civil service and courts of justice, to name a few of the benefits that the British brought with them. Were it not for British involvement, India might still have sati (burning wives on the funeral pyre of their husband), would have no unifying language, and probably no parliamentary democracy or other institutions and values that have made that country a democratic giant, now on its way to becoming an economic one as well. But today, the sun not only literally sets on an extinct British empire; it is figuratively setting on Britain itself.”

He focuses on two examples of this decline. The first involves the recent episode concerning the capture of 15 naval personnel by Iran. While we are all grateful that they have been released, many are quite concerned about the way the British Government handled the whole affair. The “British government did not confront the Iranians in any way reminiscent of a great country, let alone of Britain’s great past. If we judge the British government’s reaction alone – without any reference to the behavior of the British sailors and marines – Iran was the feared power, not Great Britain, which acted like the supplicant.”

Worse still is the aftermath of the story: allowing the sailors to sell their stories to the media, something unique in military history. “Some of the captured sailors and marines have already earned large sums of money. The Guardian newspaper said the one woman who had been captured, Faye Turney, agreed to a deal with The Sun and ITV television for approximately $200,000. (American soldier Jessica Lynch, who was captured when her Army convoy was ambushed in 2003, received a $500,000 advance for her book, I Am a Soldier, Too. But that was a book published later and she had never charged the news media when interviewed by them.) And John Tindell, the father of another of the hostages, said the marines were planning to sell on eBay the vases given to them by the Iranians.”

“As The Australian reported, ‘Some of the sums being offered to the captives are higher than the money paid to service personnel maimed in Iraq or Afghanistan. The standard tariff for the loss of an arm is 57,500 pounds.’ The Labor government’s decision was described well by the mother of a British soldier killed in Iraq. As reported by Reuters: ‘The mother of a 19-year-old British soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq at the weekend said she would be “very shocked” if any of the detainees were paid for their stories. “If you are a member of the military, it is your duty to serve your country,” Sally Veck, mother of Eleanor Dlugosz, told the Times. “You should do your duty and not expect to make money by selling stories”.’”

The other example is even more reprehensible, and demonstrates just how far down the tubes British society has gone. It is the “decision of schools in various parts of that country to stop teaching about the Holocaust in history classes. The reason? As reported by the BBC, ‘Some schools avoid teaching the Holocaust and other controversial history subjects as they do not want to cause offence, research has claimed. Teachers fear meeting anti-Semitic sentiment, particularly from Muslim pupils, the government-funded study by the Historical Association said.’ No comment necessary.”

No, but I will make one. If militant Islam’s virulent anti-Semitism is allowed to coerce schools into banning teaching about the Holocaust then Islam has already won. Christian England might as well raise the white flag of surrender and call it quits. When other parts of the world are trying to remind us of the Holocaust and the lessons thereof, some British schools are opting for self-censorship and appeasement. This is mind-boggling and soul-numbing stuff.

Prager concludes: “But a word of caution: If Great Britain can cease to be great in so short a time span, any country can. All you need is an elite that no longer believes in their country, that manipulates history texts to make students feel good about themselves, that prefers multiculturalism to its own culture, and that has abandoned its religious underpinnings. Sound familiar, America?”

It appears that the very fundamentalism that the not-so-great Britain nurtured and supported in Islam majority countries to try and maintain it waning influence as an occupying colonial power, have blown-back a little into their home country. It is a clear example of Karma in action. All the issues the original poster complains about in present day UK were actively propagated by them along with a conniving media around the world, including the USA, India, Pakistan, the Middle-East etc.
Whinging, whining and blaming it all on others, twisting the truth and spinning it as if they are not to blame shows that indeed Britain have declined in their own self-confidence as well as influence (a lot of which still remains covertly). This original post is a good example of that.
Yes, evil does rise and fall ultimately... one has to accept that around the world, we all have had good and evil ancestors. We bear the burden of their actions, we are all doing so.

A propos of the Iranian incident in which British sailors were captured:

The “British government did not confront the Iranians in any way reminiscent of a great country, let alone of Britain’s great past. If we judge the British government’s reaction alone – without any reference to the behavior of the British sailors and marines – Iran was the feared power, not Great Britain, which acted like the supplicant.”

In what way does a supposedly "great" nation act differently from other ones? The author seems to think Britain should have liberated them by force (and if the British sailors were martyred, probably take Iran's leadership hostage?).

There should, however, be a rule (that countries great and not so great would eagerly adopt if an important nation took the decision): No national for whom the government has to deploy military or diplomatic resources to get him free must be allowed to capitalise on their experiences in captivity. Those who do not wish to accept such a proviso should not be rescued; all others sign a binding agreement, please!

On the other hand, I fail to mobilise any sympathy and support for this:

‘Some schools avoid teaching the Holocaust and other controversial history subjects as they do not want to cause offence, research has claimed. Teachers fear meeting anti-Semitic sentiment, particularly from Muslim pupils, the government-funded study by the Historical Association said.’ No comment necessary.”

The Holocaust is an intangible and inalienable component of European history and must be taught to all pupils in every European country just as WW II in general has to be taught. You cannot divorce one from the other.

I know there is a growing tendency among Muslim Europeans to oppose it. By the same token, Turks oppose history lessons dedicated to the genocide of the Armenians, Greeks and Georgians.

Their opposition must be ignored. Europeans must be taught these facts.

And it is not just Muslims who do not want to hear about Holocaust. There are native opponents as well, right-wing riff-raff, neo-Nazis.

seneca Post time: 2018-5-13 09:07
On the other hand, I fail to mobilise any sympathy and support for this:

Holocausts

Schools in Not So Great Britain should be taught real history - The Late Victorian Holocausts that took scores of millions of lives across the globe. The 500 year ongoing post Columbus holocaust that has wiped out 300 million lives and untold ecological damage.

9/11 was an inside job.
No second plane.It was a bomb.Bomb in the other building.
You KNOW without a doubt the videos are fake,right ?!
Planes don't meld into steel and concrete buildings.They crash into them !!!!!!!
It's amazing how the building ate the plane !!!
Imagine those fragile wings cutting slots in massive steel columns !!!!!
How STUPID can they think the people are to believe that crap ??!!